Fedora Essential and Critical Security Patch Updates - Page 788

Fedora 9 Update: clamav-0.93.3-2.fc9

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Security fixes from upstream 0.94 and 0.94.1: CVE-2008-1389 (#461461): Invalid memory access in the CHM unpacker CVE-2008-3912 (#461461): Multiple out-of-memory NULL pointer dereferences CVE-2008-3913 (#461461): Fix memory leak in the error code path in freshclam CVE-2008-3914 (#461461): Multiple file descriptor leaks on the error code path CVE-2008-5050 (#470783): get_unicode_name() off-by-one buffer overflow

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Nov 14, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: optipng-0.6.2-1.fc8

The main reason for this update is a buffer overflow that is removed in this version, that could be triggered by processing specially crafted bitmap images (*.bmp).

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Nov 12, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: libpng10-1.0.41-1.fc8

This update includes an upstream fix for a memory leak within the "png_handle_tEXt()" function in pngrutil.c, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) via a specially crafted PNG image.

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Nov 12, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: rgmanager-2.03.09-1.fc9

A major code audit did show several unsecure use of /tmp. This update addresses those issues across the whole code.

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Nov 06, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: uw-imap-2007d-1.fc8

Addresses a security vulnerability in tmail and dmail:

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Nov 05, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: enscript-1.6.4-10.fc9

There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306

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Nov 05, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: enscript-1.6.4-9.fc8

There were found various buffer overflows in enscript. This update fixes CVE-2008-3863 and CVE-2008-4306

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Nov 05, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.17.fc8

A security release to address: - CVE-2008-2237: Manipulated WMF files -CVE-2008-2238: Manipulated EMF files as described at http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html

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Oct 31, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: openoffice.org-2.4.2-18.1.fc9

Security update to address - CVE-2008-2237: Manipulated WMF files -CVE-2008-2238: Manipulated EMF files as described at http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html

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Oct 31, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: ktorrent-3.1.4-1.fc9

Another bugfix release for the 3.1 series is out. This fixes several bugs : * A crash caused by a SIGBUS, when diskspace preallocation is disabled * High CPU usage when DNS lookups fail in the UDP tracker code * Several security issues in the webinterface plugin

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Oct 24, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: xastir-1.9.4-3.fc8

new upstream update, as well as buffer overflow fixing.

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Oct 24, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8

CVE-2008-4554 The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

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Oct 23, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: rgmanager-2.03.08-1.fc9

This update includes security fixes for: CVE-2008-4192 CVE-2008-4579 among many other upstream bug fixes.

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Oct 23, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: cman-2.03.08-1.fc9

This update includes security fixes for: CVE-2008-4192 CVE-2008-4579 among many other upstream bug fixes.

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Oct 23, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: gfs2-utils-2.03.08-1.fc9

This update includes security fixes for: CVE-2008-4192 CVE-2008-4579 among many other upstream bug fixes.

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Oct 23, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: php-pear-Cache-1.5.5-1.fc9

Security issue due to seeding random number generator

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Oct 20, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9

New upstream patch level version 2.5.5, including multiple security fixes detailed in upstream announcements: http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080814.html http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html

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Oct 09, 2008

Fedora 8 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8

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Oct 09, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: libxml2-2.7.1-2.fc9

This is an urgent security fix for a bug newly introduced in libxml2-2.7.x leading to CPU and memory exhaustion. See upstream bug report for further details: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660

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Oct 03, 2008

Fedora 9 Update: xine-lib-1.1.15-1.fc9

This release fixes multiple bugs and security issues: - DoS via corrupted Ogg files (CVE-2008-3231) - multiple possible buffer overflows detailed in oCERT-2008-008 For more details, see: ;group_id=9655 http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-008.html NOTE: A coordinated release with 3rd-party repos was not possible, so this update may result in dependency issues with currently-installed xine-lib-extras-* rpms. This temporary problem will be rectified asap.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 10, 2008

Fedora Essential and Critical Security Patch Updates - Page 788

Fedora 9 Update: clamav-0.93.3-2.fc9

Fedora 8 Update: optipng-0.6.2-1.fc8

Fedora 8 Update: libpng10-1.0.41-1.fc8

Fedora 9 Update: rgmanager-2.03.09-1.fc9

Fedora 8 Update: uw-imap-2007d-1.fc8

Fedora 9 Update: enscript-1.6.4-10.fc9

Fedora 8 Update: enscript-1.6.4-9.fc8

Fedora 8 Update: openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.17.fc8

Fedora 9 Update: openoffice.org-2.4.2-18.1.fc9

Fedora 9 Update: ktorrent-3.1.4-1.fc9

Fedora 8 Update: xastir-1.9.4-3.fc8

Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8

Fedora 9 Update: rgmanager-2.03.08-1.fc9

Fedora 9 Update: cman-2.03.08-1.fc9

Fedora 9 Update: gfs2-utils-2.03.08-1.fc9

Fedora 9 Update: php-pear-Cache-1.5.5-1.fc9

Fedora 9 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9

Fedora 8 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8

Fedora 9 Update: libxml2-2.7.1-2.fc9

Fedora 9 Update: xine-lib-1.1.15-1.fc9

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